Device for feeding fragile wrappers filled with discrete units into a receptacle



Oct. 8, 1968 C. MASSENGlLL DEVICE FOR FEEDING FRAGILE WRAPPERS FILLED WITH Filed June 2, 1966 FIG.

DISCRETE UNITS INTO A RECEPTACLE 3 Sheets-Sheet l 25 FIG. I

INVENTOR.

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DEVICE FOR FEEDING FRAGILE WRAPPERS FILLED WITH DISCRETE UNITS INTO A RECEPTAGLE Filed June 1966 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR.

CLEBURNE MASSENG/LL BY QM MA A 1- T0 RNEKS United States Patent ()fice 3,404,510 Patented Oct. 8, 1968 Cleburne Massengill, Dallas, Tex., assignor to Standarwerk Eugen Rels G.m.b.H., Bruchsal, Baden, Germany,

a German firm Filed June 2, 1966, Ser. No. 554,703 Claims. (Cl. 53-59) The present invention relates to a device for automatically feeding frangible wrappers filled with discrete units into receptacles, and more particularly to a device for automatically feeding rolls of stacked coins, chips or similar items wrapped in paper or other suitable but relatively frangible wrapping material into receptacles, such as bags.

There are already knowndevices of the general kind above referred to in which a slide moving parallel to a work table pushes rolls or similar units fed upon the table into receptacles. The movements of the slide are initiated by engagement of a suitable switch contact by a roll fed upon the table and are controlled by a counter which counts each roll reaching its operating mechanism and stops the movements of the slide after a predetermined number of movements thereof.

The movement of the slide, and more specifically a reciprocating movement thereof, is effected by means of a suitable linkage system disposed below the level of the table but extending above the level of the table through a slot therein..The slide at the end of each movement in one direction pushes a roll into an open-ended box upon which a receptacle in the form of a bag is slipped. As stated before, the cycle is stopped when the counter indicates that a predetermined number of rolls is placed in the two'bags.

Practical experience shows that the material, such as paper, which is commonly used for wrapping stacked coins, chips, etc., occasionally tears when and while the rolls are being Processed in the device, whereby the coins, etc., are scattered upon the table and other components of the device. Obviously, such breaking open of a roll islikely to interfere with the operation of the machine, as the scattered coins, etc., or pieces of the torn wrapping material may jam the device. Moreover, the contents ofthe receptacle as indicated by the counter do not reflect the true contents thereof.

It is a broad object of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of the general kind above referred to which senses the breaking of a roll and in response to such sensing removes loose coins, etc. and pieces of wrapping material out of the path of moving components of the device and also prevents actuation of the counter. Another difficulty with devices of the general kind above referred to is that. due to differences in the total weight of a given number of wrapped coins, etc. as caused, for instance, by wear, or due to differences in the weight of the wrapping material itself, the rolls fed upon the table do not always have substantially the same kinetic energy when engaging the operating mechanism of, the device. As a result, they may damage the operating mechanism when the kinetic energy is relatively high, or they may not actuate the same when the kinetic energy is relatively low.

Accordingly, it is a further object of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of the general kind above referred to in which the kinetic energy with which the rolls' to be fed into the receptacles impact upon the operating mechanism of the device is maintained substantially constant, thereby assuring safe and reliable operation of the device.

Other and further objects, features and advantages of the invention will be pointed out hereinafter and set forth in the appended claims constituting part of the application.

In the accompanying drawing, several preferred embodiments of the invention are shown by way of illustration, and not by way of limitation.

In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a plan view upon a prior art device of the general kind above referred to;

. FIG. 2. is an elevational side view of FIG. 1, partly in section;

'FIG. 3 is a fragmentary elevational view, partly in section, of the drive for the slide of the device and one of the receptacles for accumulating rolls of coins, etc.;

FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic plan view upon a device according to the invention, only the parts of the device essential for the understanding of the invention being shown;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken on line V-V of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary elevational sectional view of a modification of the device; and

FIG. 7 is a front view of FIG. 6.

Referring first to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 in detail, the device as shown in these figures comprises a casing 1 and a counter 2. The counter is equipped with pilot lights 3 and 4 and a control switch, the latter not being shown. A space 5 is provided in the upper part of the casing and is covered by a table 7 including a lengthwise slot 6. Brackets 8 are secured on two opposite sides of the table. These brackets serve to support open-ended boxes 9 upon which suitable receptacles 10, such as bags, are slipped. The boxes may be releasably secured to brackets 8 in any suitable and conventional fashion, a pin 8a engageable with an opening in box 9a being shown by way of example A slide 11 is slidable on table 7 parallel to and along table slot 6 in either direction, as is indicated in FIG. 1 by a double-headed arrow. Reciprocation of the slide is effected by a linkage including a centric slot 12 in the slide and a bolt secured to the slide and extending crosswise of the slot. The bolt is engaged by a bifurcated end 14 of a lever 15 which is pivotal about a stationarily mounted pivot pin 16 and has an elongated lengthwise slot 17 engaged by a bolt 18 on one end of a link 19. The other end of the link is pivoted to an eccentric pin 20 on a disk 21 fixedly seated on a shaft 23. The shaft should be visualized as being driven by a motor (not shown) in the direction of arrow 22. As is evident, rotation of disk 21 will cause a reciprocating movement of slide 11 in reference to table 7.

Generally cylindrical wrappers to be accumulated in bags 10, such as rolls 24 of wrapped coins, are fed upon table 7 through a chute 25 in the direction of arrow 26. The leading end of each roll when reaching a predetermined position on the table engages a switch arm 27 of a suitable switch 2-8, such as a microswitch. Actuation of switch 28 by a roll should be visualized as closing an energizing circuit for the motor-driving disk 21. Accordingly, the slide is displaced from an initial position along the table and then returned into its initial position. The slide may, for instance, be displaced toward the right, as seen in FIG. 3. Each displacement of the slide toward the right pushes one roll through box 9 into bag 10, as shown in FIG. 3. Counter 2 is actuated to register the feeding of a roll into the bag by each movement of the slide toward the right, as has been previously described, though not shown in detail. When a predetermined number of rolls are accumulated in right-hand bag 10, the operation of slide 11 is reversed by suitable control filled with a predetermined number-of rolls, thereby as suring continuous operationot the device. Counter 2 stops the operation of the'slide after a predetermined number of mushas been accumulated. Control 'mean suitable for such control are well known in the art. I

'Crosswise ribs or bars 33 are preferably provided at the bottom of each box 9 to facilitate a substantially uniform positioning of rolls in bag 10."

As previously stated, a malfunctioning of the device may be caused by a roll of coins, chips, etc. which, after emerging from chute and actuating switches 27, 28, breaks open, thereby at least partly scattering its contents. As is evident from the previous description, the roll prior to breaking open has initiated the cycle of slide 11 and also has caused an indication of the counter. Accordingly, the counter registers the feeding of a complete roll into one of the bags, while in fact only some of the coins or chips scattered upon the table and other parts of the device upon the breaking of the roll may reach the respective bag 10- via the respective box .9, possibly mixed with pieces of wrapping material. As previously indicated, such damage to a roll not only will result in a faulty registration by the counter, but also may damage and stop the entire device.

Turning now to FIGS. 4 and 5, these figures show means according to the invention for nullifying the effect of the breaking open of a roll. The table of the device according to these figures comprises two spaced-apart parts 7a and 7b. A gridlike intermediate part formed by crosswise bars 40 and 41 and a lengthwise bar 42 is disposed between parts 7a and 7b of the table. Crossbars 40 and 41 are somewhat lower between ledges 43 and 44 thereof than the lengthwise bar 42 and also lower than extensions 45 and 46 of table parts 7a and 7b, respec-. tively. The extension 46 is formed with a further extension 47 which nearly overlies the gap defined by the bars of the grid structure in the direction of chute 25. The lengthwise table slot 6 for pivotal lever 15 is provided between extension 45 and extension 47. The arrangement of lever 15 and slide 11 should be visualized as being the same as that described in connection with FIG. 3; that is, lever 15 is pivotal about pivot bolt 16.

Table part 7a mounts an angle piece 49 with projections 51 which limit the rearward movement of the rolls to be fed into bags 10, which should be visualized as being attachable to bars 40 and 41 in FIGS. 4 and 5. The same table parts also supports switches 52 and 53, such as microswitches, springy switch arms 54 and 55 of which extend into the path of movement of the rolls. Actuation of either switch arm should be visualized as operating one of the counters (not shown) of the device, one counter being associated with each bag to be fed.

Table part 7b mounts an angular contact carrier 56 l the middle portion 57 of which mounts a protruding switch arm 58 which is connected via a coupling link 59 to a switch 60, such as a microswitch. Actuation of switch 60 controls the operation of the slide, as previously described. Abutment members 61 and 62 disposed on opposite sides of midportion 57 of contact carrier 56 support leaf springs 63 and 64, which serve to bias rolls to be counted into engagement with springy switch arms 54 and 55 of the switches for the counters.

Slide control switch 60 is mounted on a panel 65 which joins two rack bars 66 and 67. These bars are formed with teeth beginning at the portion indicated by lines 68 and 69 and are guided in guide members 70 and 71, respectively, mounted by means of brackets 72 and 73, respectively. The bearings for the racks 66 and 67 in guide members 70 and 71 respectively, are closed by cover plates 74 and 75. Guide members 70 and 71 further mount bearings 76 and 77, respectively, in which a shaft 78 is supported. This shaft serves to adjust the position of contact carrier 56 normal to the direction of moveent Jo iislide 1131? V th s. purposef shaft as rnoun'ts pinions 80 and 81, which are secured by means of exten'ded hubs 82"arrd 83;"respectively, on 'shaft-"78" and engage the teeth of the racks 66 and 67. Bearing 77 is slotted and can be secured in a selected position by means of a screw 85 and a lev. er. 84 terminating in a handle. A coptrolv wheel 79 on sh 8 "facilitates turning. pf shaft 78 ,to adjust cp t dt a rr g s n reference to the path of movement of slide 11. N

The a deviceas, hereinbeforerdescribed operates as fol lowsz--wf r A roll fed through chute 25 in the direction'of the arrow will engage -switch-arm*58 of switch 60, thereby causingmovement of slide 11 from its left-hand position toward the right and back again, as has been described in connection with FIGS. 1, 2 and 3/During the movement of the slide toward the right, the fed roll lying on table extension 45 and lengthwise bar 42 is pushed forwardly toward the right.

If the roll is filled, that is, undamaged, leaf spring 64 engages the roll and presses the same against switch arm 55. Accordingly, counterswitch 53 is actuated and the roll is registered. However, if the roll is torn, coins spilling out therefrom and pieces of the wrapper fall through the gaps between bars 40, 41 and 42 of the grid structure and spring 64 does not engage the roll to bias the same against switch arm 55, so that the counter remains inactive. Accordingly, the scattered coins and also loose pieces of wrapping material are removed from the table and the associated parts of the device. Moreover, the torn roll is not registered by the counter. I

As has been previously pointed out, a further aspect of the invention resides in providing means for maintaining substantially constant the kinetic energy of the rollswhen reaching the posiion for operating the mechanism of the device. As has also been pointed out, rolls of wrapped coins do not necessarily all have the same weight, even if incuding the same number of coins of the sameidenomination. The total weight of the coins may vary'c onsider; ably, depending upon the wear to which the ,coins, in-v cluded in the roll have been subjected. The weight of the wrapping material depends uponthe gauge thereof, the humidity of the air, etc., and may vary considerably. .As is evident, the kinetic energy of the rolls when'eme'rging from chute 25 is a direct function of the total weight of the rolls. To eliminate the efiect of variation inthe total weight of the rolls, the invention provides novel and improved closure means and ejection means. The closure means serve to kill the kinetic energy of the rolls ac cumulated by the same when passing through thechute by stopping the rolls, and the.ejection means serve to eject the rolls with a predetermined constant velocity upon the table, thus assuring activation of the operating mechanism of the device and preventing damage thereto.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show a device including closure means and ejection means according to the invention. The device according to these; figures comprises a frame 101 mounting a support 100. The frame includes an elongated opening 102 for thepassage of rolls "of coins,.chips, etc. to be processed in the device,.only part of the opening being shown. A crossbar 104 secured Onframe 101;by screws 103 supports chute 25, as can. best be seenin FIG. 6. The chute has at its discharge end a guide; channel 105 andis supported, with a f oot 107=on table -7. The table includes the,afor.e-desc ribed; slot 6 within which lever 15 linked to slide 11 pivots for pushing rolls-to be collected to the left or to the;right,*as seennormal to the plane of the drawing, along thetable 7 and finally into the respective bag 10. The roll whilemoving throughthe chute'is guided on one side .by projectionSl; of angle pice 49. 'A i t v V. 1

A pull bar 108 (omittedgin FIG. 7-) is linkedto a two-part member 110,..11Lby1 means ofzbolts 109Iabove frame 101 and laterally-of opening.102..'Part lltl is'an angular metal strip whichis-ben'tplf at its lower'end-in the plane vertical to the plane of FIG. 6. Part .111 is a channeled member of U-shaped cross section. Metal strip 110 is secured to one of the branches of part 111. Both branches of this part are extended at their upper ends and encompass a pivot shaft 112 which is journaled in frame 101 by bearings 113 at both ends of the shaft. Channeled part 111 mounts at its lower end an ejector 115 linked to it by a pivot pin 114. The ejector 115 has a generally U-shaped cross section, pivot pin 114 extending through the branches of the ejector. A boss 116 on the ejector receives a set screw 117 the point of which presses against the end of the web of channeled part 111. By adjusting screw 117 the angular limit position for clockwise turning of the ejector in reference to part 111 can be adjusted. The branches of part 111 are extended beyond the web of the part so that the pivot axis 114 is located outside the channeled portion of the part.

Pivot bolts 118 are mounted on the outside of both sides of chute 25. These bolts serve as pivot axes for links 119, which carry the free ends of a closure member 120 and are joined by the same. The link 119 shown in FIG. 6 mounts a pivot bolt 121 to which is hinged one arm. of an angular link 122. The other arm of this link is hinged to part 110 by a pivot bolt 123.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show the device in the ful open position of the ejector, in which the pull rod is pulled toward the left. When the rod is now displaced to the right, it pushes part 110 ahead of it. As a result, the channeled portion of part 111 is pivoted about its axis 112 through an angle of about 60 in clockwise direction, whereby the ejector is moved into a substantially vertical position as seen from pivot axis 114. As the ejector is freely movable in counterclockwise direction, it does not prevent even a thick roll from entering into guide channel 106 of chute 25. As part 110 participates in the movement of link 122 toward the right, it pushes links 119 downwardly, whereby closure member 120 is swung in front of an opening 124 in chute 25, thereby arresting a roll passing through the chute and temporarily preventing the discharge thereof from the chute.

Displacement of pull rod 108 toward the left first opens closure member 120 and then guides ejector 115 in counter clockwise direction, that is, toward the discharge end of the chute, whereby a roll previously moved into guide channel 106 is pushed forwardly and ejected therefrom with a velocity which depends upon the velocity of the ejector movement. The roll while being ejected abuts with its free end against the previously described switch contact 27 (FIG. 1) or 58 (FIG. 4) and thus initiates the pivotal movement of slide 11.

As is evident, the arrangement as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 assures that rolls of coins, chips, etc. reach the operating mechanism of the device always with the same velocity, independently of the kinetic energy which the rolls obtain when passing through chute 25.

While the invention has been described in detail with reference to certain now preferred examples and embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art, after understanding the invention, that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and it is intended, therefore, to cover all such changes and modifications in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A device for feeding fragile wrappers filled with discrete units into a receptacle, said device comprising a table, a slide movable in either direction on said table parallel thereto, the movement of the slide in one direction constituting the feed path of the slide, said table including a grid portion extending parallel to said feed path in substantial registry therewith, a collecting receptacle releasably attachable to said table adjacent to the end of the feed path of the slide, feed means for feeding successive wrappers into the feed path of the slide, a discharge end of said feed means being disposed to deposit the wrappers upon the grid portion of the table, drive means coupled with said slide for imparting a re ciprocating movement thereto thereby pushing a wrapper deposited in the feed path into a receptacle attached to the table at the end of the feed path, counting means for counting each wrapper fed upon the table, first control means coacting with said drive means to activate the same for reciprocating movement of the slide, said control means including switch means operated to activate the control means by engagement with a filled wrapper fed upon the table, second control means coacting with said counting means to activate the same for counting wrappers, said second control means including switch means positioned on one side of said feed path to engage a filled wrapper passing said switch means, thereby operating the second control means but to let pass a fractured and thus partly collapsed wrapper without engagement therewith, closure means for closing the discharge end of said feed means, said closure means being pivotal between a closed position and an open position, ejecting means for ejecting a wrapper from the discharge end of said feed means when the closure means is in its open position, and actuating means coacting with said closure means and said ejecting means for alternately operating the same.

2. A device for feeding fragile wrappers filled with discrete units into a receptacle, said device comprising a table, a slide movable in either direction on said table parallel thereto, the movement of the slide in one direction constituting the feed path of the slide, said table including a grid portion extending parallel to said feed path in substantial registry therewith, a collecting receptacle releasably attachable to said table adjacent to the end of the feed path of the slide, feed means for feeding successive wrappers into the feed path of the slide, a discharge end of said feed means being disposed to deposit the wrappers upon the grid portion of the table, drive means coupled with said slide for imparting a reciprocating movement thereto whereby pushing a wrapper deposited in the feed path into a receptacle attached to the table at the end of the feed path, counting means for counting each wrapper fed upon the table, first control means coacting with said drive means to activate the same for reciprocating movement of the slide, said control means including switching means operated to activate the control means by engagement with a filled wrapper fed upon the table, and second control means coacting with said counting means to activate the same for counting wrappers, said second control means including switch means positioned on one side of said feed path to engage a filled wrapper passing said switch means, thereby operating the second control means but to let pass a fractured and thus partly collapsed wrapper without engagement therewith.

3. A device according to claim 2 and comprising adjustment means for adjusting the position of the switch means of said first control means transversely in reference to the path of movement of the slide, said switch means being disposed substantially in alignment with the discharge end of the feed means.

4. A device according to claim 3, wherein said adjustment means comprises a carrier supporting said switch means of the first control means, a lengthwise movable rack supporting said carrier, a shaft, a pinion seated on said shaft in engagement with the teeth of said rack,.and setting means for turning said shaft into a selected angular position thereby correspondingly displacing said rack.

5. A device according to claim 2, wherein said second control means comprise flexible means disposed on the other side of said feed path, said flexible means engaging a passing filled wrapper to bias the same into engagement with the switch means of the second control means but remaining disengaged from a fractured and partly collapsed wrapper.

6. A device for feeding fragile wrappers filled with discrete units into a receptacle, said device comprising a table, a slide movable in either direction on said table par'aliebthereto, the movement of theislidesin'one direction constituting-thefeedpath-of the slide, a'collecting receptacle releasably'attachable to .saidtable adjacent'to the-endof theJ-feed-path'of the slide, teed meansdlor feeding successive Wrappers"'into the-"feed path=-of the slide, the discharge end of saidv feed means being disposed to deposit-wrappers upon said table, drive means coupled with saidslideforximparting a reciprocating movement thereto,thereby 'pushinga wrapper deposited in .thefeed path -ef the slide into.a receptaclezattachedto the; table at. the end .of'the feed path, counting means for counting wrappers'fed upon the table, first control means coacting with said drive means to activate the same for reciprocating' movement of the slide, said control means including switch means operated to activate the control means by engagement with" a filled wrapper fed upon the table, second control means coacting withsaid counting means to activate thesamefor counting wrappers fed upon the table, said second control means including switch means operable by engagement with a wrapper fed upon the table, closure means for closing the discharge end of said feed means, said closure means being pivotal between a closed position and an open position, ejecting means for ejecting a wrapper from the discharge end of said feed means when the closure means is in its open position, andactuating means coacting with said closure means and said ejecting means for alternately operating the same.

17. A device-according to claim 6 and comprising linkage means pivotally supporting said closure means and said ejecting means and supported adjacent to said feed means, andwherein said actuatiiig means comprise a movable actuating rod coupled to said linkage means for successively pivoting" said' closure means i'nto :the open positibnand said ejecting means into" the ejecting position inresp'o'nse' to adisplace'ment'ofsaid rod in one direction andsuccessively pivoting the closure means into the closing position and the-ejecting means into" arest position in response to a -displaceinent of the rod in" theop- {:o'site direction. *1 i "'8. A device according to claim 7, wherein said ejecting means is hinged 'tora. link "of said linkage; means by'a hinge limiting pivoting of'the ejecting means in one direction in reference'to said link, said link being hinged to one end ofan intermediate link of the linkage means, the other end of said intermediate link beirfg hinged to said, r'od, an intermediate pointof said intermediate link being pivotal about a spatially stationary pivot pin.

9. ,A device according to claim 8, wherein said linkage means comprise a link supporting said closure meansand linked to said feedmeans,-and afurtherlink" linking said supporting'link to said intermediate link.

10. A device according to claim 9, wherein said feed means comprise a channeled portion, and said-closure means and said ejecting" means each comprise an end portion fitting into said channeled portion of the feed means. I i

' ReferencesCited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,737,877 12/1929 Cros'byetal .1.. 53-59 2,887,837 5/1959 Toby 53"-258 TRAVIS S. MCGEHEE, Primary Examiner. 

1. A DEVICE FOR FEEDING FRAGILE WRAPPERS FILLED WITH DISCRETE UNITS INTO A RECEPTACLE, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A TABLE, A SLIDE MOVABLE IN EITHER DIRECTION ON SAID TABLE PARALLEL THERETO, THE MOVEMENT OF THE SLIDE IN ONE DIRECTION CONSTITUTING THE FEED PATH OF THE SLIDE, SAID TABLE INCLUDING A GRID PORTION EXTENDING PARALLEL TO SAID FEED PATH IN SUBSTANTIAL REGISTRY THEREWITH, A COLLECTING RECEPTACLE RELEASABLY ATTACHABLE TO SAID TABLE ADJACENT TO THE END OF THE FEED PATH OF THE SLIDE, FEED MEANS FOR FEEDING SUCCESSIVE WRAPPERS INTO THE FEED PATH OF THE SLIDE, A DISCHARGE END OF SAID FEED MEANS BEING DISPOSED TO DEPOSIT THE WRAPPERS UPON THE GRID PORTION OF THE TABLE, DRIVE MEANS COUPLED WITH SAID SLIDE FOR IMPARTING A RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT THERETO THEREBY PUSHING A WRAPPER DEPOSITED IN THE FEED PATH INTO A RECEPTACLE ATTACHED TO THE TABLE AT THE END OF THE FEED PATH, COUNTING MEANS FOR COUNTING EACH WRAPPER FED UPON THE TABLE, FIRST CONTROL MEANS COACTING WITH SAID DRIVE MEANS TO ACTIVATE THE SAME FOR RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT OF THE SLIDE, SAID CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING SWITCH MEANS OPERATED TO ACTIVATE THE CONTROL MEANS BY ENGAGEMENT WITH FILLED WRAPPED FED UPON THE TABLE, SECOND CONTROL MEANS COACTING WITH SAID COUNTING MEANS TO ACTIVATE THE SAME FOR COUNTING WRAPPERS, SAID SECOND CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING SWITCH MEANS POSITIONED ON ONE SIDE OF SAID FEED PATH TO ENGAGE A FILLED WRAPPER PASSING SAID SWITCH MEANS, THEREBY OPERATING THE SECOND CONTROL MEANS BUT TO LET PASS A FRACTURED AND THUS PARTLY COLLAPSED WRAPPER WITHOUT ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, CLOSURE MEANS FOR CLOSING THE DISCHARGE END OF SAID FEED MEANS, SAID CLOSURE MEANS BEING PIVOTAL BETWEEN A CLOSED POSITION AND AN OPEN POSITION, EJECTING MEANS FOR EJECTING A WRAPPER FROM THE DISCHARGE END OF SAID FEED MEANS WHEN THE CLOSURE MEANS IS IN ITS OPEN POSITION, AND ACTUATING MEANS COATING WITH SAID CLOSURE MEANS AND SAID EJECTING MEANS FOR ALTERNATELY OPERATING THE SAME. 